Combined jar-wrench and can-opener



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A. VAN SLYKE. COMBINED JAR WRENCH AND CAN OPENER. No 319,645. Patented June 9, 1885.

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COMBINED JAR-WRENCH AND CAN-OPENER.

Application filed February 4, 1885.

T0 aZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER VAN SLYKE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Fort Plain, in the county of Montgomery and State of New York, have invented a certain new and useful Combined J ar-NVrench and GanOpener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to that particular class of combination tools or implements illustrated in United States Letters Patent No. 292,710, dated January 29, 1884; and the in vention has for its object to simplify, strength en, and render them more durable and efficient.

The invention consists of two jaws pivoted together and provided with curved portions adapted to embrace a jar-top, combined with a cutting device for opening cans, substantially as hereinafter particularly set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the invention, throughout which like parts are similarly designated, Figure l is a perspective view of one form of the implement; Fig. 2, a plan view of the can-cutting blade and joint, (partly broken away.) Fig. 3 is a plan view of another form, and Fig. 4 a plan view showing other forms of the same invention.

a b designate, as a whole, two sickle-shaped metallic jaws, the former having the tongue 0 and the latter the mortise-lips d d, between which the tongue is received, and the tongue and lips thus secured to form a joint or hinge bythepivotpinorpintlee. Otherwell-known joints may be employed.

The jaws a Z) have the handle-membersf g, by which the implement is operated, the ends 4.0 f g of which are squared to afford a hammering-surface for use, presently explained. The curved members a b of these jaws are provided with rubber or other friction linings h. By thickening the casting I dispense with the ribs or spines of the patented device referred to, and to this extent simplify the casting and render the device rather more durable.

The tongue 0 of jaw a is recessed, as at t, to receive the tang j of the blade 7c, to hold (No model.)

using the jaw b as a fulcrum and the imple ment as a lever the device becomes a canopener, so called, substantially as in the pat ent referred to.

I have found that the location of the blade at the point of the implement gives better results in operation over the old construction, as the thrust for insertion is more readily and easilymade, and the leverage is greater in ripping open the vessel, and beside these very considerable advantages are the further ones of economy and strength of construction.

Instead of one blade I may use a blade in each jaw, as in Fig. 3, which operate substantially as shears, and I may insert a spring, 0, between the handle members, to normally spread open the jaws and so facilitate the use of the device. I may further provide the handle members with finger-loops m m, as in Fig. 3; or the blade or can-opener may be inserted in a recess, as at a, Fig. 4, and be pro vided with a spring and operate as a pocketknife 'bladethat is to say, having the capacity of being shut in said slot and opened out from it like the blade of a pocket-knife.

Instead of pivoting the jaws at their ends, they may be arranged as a lever of the first order, as in Fig. 4, and the blade putin either end of either jaw and be stationary or folding.

The details and modifications illustrated in the several figures of the drawings are not restricted in application to the form of device in which they are shown, but may be used in the other forms where applicable.

I do not broadly claim the sickle-shaped jaws jointed together and provided with a blade at the joint and a single pivotal pin for connecting the jaws and blade.

What I claim is 1. The pivoted jaws provided with curved members for engaging a can or jar top or cover to operate it, and handle members having squared ends, aspring interposed between In testimony whereof I have hereunto set IO said jaws, and a can-cutting device operated my hand this 31st day of January, A. D. 1885. by said jaws, substantially as described.

'2. The pivoted jaws provided with curved ALEXANDER VAN SLYKE. 5 members for engaging a can or jar top or cover to operate it, and handle members hav- Witnesses: ing squared ends, and a can-cutting device H. V. BORST, operated by said jaws, substantially as de- LEONARD KIMM.

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